How Common is Pneumonia?

People get pneumonia in daily life through the home or workplace (community-acquired
pneumonia). Community-acquired pneumonia does not include cases of pneumonia
contracted in a health care facility (such as a nursing home or a hospital). Pneumonia is more common during the winter months.

About 1
million of the people who get community-acquired pneumonia each year will have to go to the hospital.

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